Disrupting the music industry
The South Korean boyband BTS has really taken the world by storm and is having huge international success right now. This includes getting tens of thousands of radio spins across the world each month. A big part of the reason for their success is their incredible fan base which BTS call their ‘Army’. The Army is extremely supportive of the band and …
‘We serve artists and feel a deep responsibility particularly to emerging artists. We see our role as connector and convener for artists – we bring artists together with music lovers to seed lasting artistic relationships.’
The lifetime and evolution of a track seem to take many different forms and shapes. Every track and every radio single has its own life after its release. These days the competition is higher than ever and it is really hard to predict how music will be received by the audience and the media. We compared the first 30 weeks of airplay …
Today’s guest is Mike Warner, author of the e-book ‘Work Hard Playlist Hard’. We discuss his book which gives advice to independent artists about how to get added to playlists on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.
How you can use radio tracking to get more airplay.
10 quick tips on how best to make use of WARM’s radio tracking to further your music career.
Rising Danish EDM star Snavs and his manager discuss their strategy for making Snavs a well known and respected name on the international electronic music scene.
The Director of Legal & Business Affairs and Music Partnerships at 7digital explains how they provide digital music solutions for clients like TDC, Pioneer and musical.ly.
When it comes to radio, the music industry is still primarily based on reporting. This means that mistakes and inaccuracies happen all the time. My vision is to have a transparent music industry where music usage is based on monitoring, instead of reporting, so that in the future every artist will get compensated accurately and fairly.
Here are short 11 tips for improving your music career by using available data from streaming services, radio tracking services, and social media. You can make a living off your music if you learn to look in the right direction and follow certain opportunities.
Lennon Cihak, music journalist for Earmilk, Magnetic Magazine, Digital Music News and more, gives advice on the do’s and don’ts for getting your music covered in the media.
The founder of the pioneering organization MusicTech Germany, discusses the challenges between the traditional music industry and the emerging music tech industry.
The CEO of AIM which represents 800+ independent UK music companies talks about how the availability of radio and streaming data has become a game changer for independent musicians in just a few short years.
The experienced French music publisher talks about the importance of having a publisher in today’s independent music business.
We had a chat with the founder of Resonate music streaming service. A new Berlin-based streaming service that aims to be fairer in terms of distributing royalties to artists. Listen up!
The artist manager and entrepreneur talks about the promising new music industry conference Pivotal that he is launching in a few months.
Should artists/creators be more pro-active in terms of collecting and owning their data?
If you are working professionally with music and want to find your markets, understanding your radio airplay in real time is without a doubt one of the true missing elements in music industry-data.
We just launched our new podcast channel here at WARM. We’ve invited guests to join our show and talk about music, data & transparency. The first episode features the great Scott Cohen, the co-founder of digital distribution company The Orchard. We met up with him at this year’s SPOT Festival in Aarhus, Denmark. Please remember to follow our podcast on your …
We asked Walter Hargrave (founder of Indie Music Bus) some questions about the independent music business. The Indie Music bus has helped lots of independent musicians and upcoming bands. The Indie Music Bus is a helping hand to the independent musicians, offering various services from promotion to blogging and internet radio to DIY tips and tricks, and general support.
We’re teaming up with the upcoming streaming service to make data and analytics simpler for independent artists.
